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The strand of hair that always falls into Belle's face was meant to show she wasn't perfect.

Linda Woolverton, the first woman to write a screenplay for a Disney movie with Beauty and the Beast, commented on creating Belle's appearance, saying, "The only thing I wrote [to describe Belle physically] was 'she has a little wisp of hair that keeps falling in her face'. Because I wanted her not to be perfect. It was important that not every hair be in place."